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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Index Guide

well-founded existent 1 probable 472 certain 474belief 484 true 494 well-grounded existent 1 informed 490hope 858 well-grouped 845 wellhead 153 well-informed 490 Wellington boots 225 well-intentioned benevolent 906 virtuous 944 well-knit strong 159 well-known knowledge 490 habitual 613 well-laid 611 well-made form 240 beauty 845 well-mannered 894 well-marked 446 well-meaning 906 well-meant 906 well-met 894 well-natured 906 well-nigh almost 32 near 197 well-off prosperous 734 rich 803 well-proportioned 240, 845 well-provided 639 well-regulated order 58 conformity 82 circumspect 864 well-set 242 well-spent successful 731 virtuous 944 wellspring 153, 636 well-timed 134 well-to-do prosperous 734 rich 803 well-turned periods 578 well-weighed 611 wellwisher 890, 906, 914 Welsh 188 – rabbit 298 welsher swindler 792 nonpayment 808 welt 321 welter plunge 310 roll 311 – in one’s blood 361 wem 848 wen 250, 848 wench girl 129 woman 374 peasant 876 impure 962 wenching 961 wend 266 were, as you – 660 wergild 974 werewolf 980 werowance 745 Wesleyan 984 west lateral 236 direction 278 westing 196 Westminster superior courts of – 966 westward 236 wet water 337, 348 moist 339 just enough to – one’s feet 209 – blanket dissuade 616 hindrance 706 sadden 837 weary 841 dull 843 – one’s whistle drink 298 tipple 959 wether 366 whack 276 whacking large 31, 192 whale large 192 mammal 366 sprat to catch a – 699 tub to a – deception 545 excuse 617 whalebone 325 whaler 273 whap 276 wharf houses 189 refuge 666 workshop 691 mart 799 wharfage 812 wharf boat 273 what inquiry 461 wonder 870 and – not 81 know -’s what discriminate 465 intelligent 498 skill 698 – d’ye call ’em 563 – in the world singular 83 wonderful 870 – is the reason? 461 – next 455 – on earth singular 83 -’s his name 563 – signifies 643 whatever 78 – may happen 474 wheal 250 wheat 367 winnow the chaff from the – 609 Wheat Pit mart 799 wheedle coax 615 endearment 902 flatter 933 wheedler 615 wheel circle 247 convexity 250 bicycle 272 deviate 279 turn back 283 circuition 311 rotation 312 rack 975 break on the – pain 478 punish 972 get the – out of the rut 672 scotch the – 706 – about 279 – and axle 633 – guard 666 – of Fortune changeable 149 chance 156 rotation 312 necessity 601 – round inversion 218 tergiversation 607 -s within wheels entangled 59 machinery 633 wheelbarrow 272 wheel chair 272 wheelman 268, 269 wheelwork 633 wheelwright 690 wheeze blow 349 hiss 409 wheezy 409 whelk 250, 848 whelm 641 whelp infant 129 production 161 dog 366 rogue 949 when inquiry 461 (different time 119) in the time – 106 whence attribution 155 departure 293 inquiry 461 reasoning 476 where presence 186 inquiry 461 – am I? 870 whereabouts place 182 situation 183 near 197 whereas relating to 9 because 476 whereby 631 wherefore attribution 155 inquiry 461 reasoning 476 judgment 480 motive 615 wherein 221 whereness 186 whereupon time 106 different time 119 after 121 wherever 180, 182 wherewith means 632 money 800 wherewithal 639 wherret 830 wherry 273 whet sharpen 253 meal 298 incite 615 excite 824 take a – tipple 959 – the appetite 865 – the knife 673 whether 514 – or not 609 whetstone 253 which at – time 119 know – is which 465 whiff wind 349 excitement 825 whiffet 129, 349 whiffle 349 Whig 274, 712 while time 106 (same time 120) in a – 132 – away time time 106 inaction 681 pastime 840 worth – 646 whilom 122 whilst 106 whim fancy 515 caprice 608 wet 842 desire 865 whimper 839 whimsical [see whim] ridiculous 853 whimsey fancy 515 caprice 608 desire 865 whimwham imagination 515 caprice 608 unimportance 643 whin 367, 407 whine cry 411 complain 839 whinyard 727 whip coachman 268 strike 276 stir up 315a horse 370 indication 550 urge 615 hasten 684 director 694 flog 972 scourge 975 – and spur swift 274 – away depart 293 – hand success 731 authority 737 – in 300 collect 72 – on 684 – off 293 – up 789 whipcord 205 whipped cream 298 whipper-in 694 whippersnapper 129